Apparatus for gaseous injections.



M. BRAUNBERGER.

APPARATUS FOR GASBOUS INJEGTIONS.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 24, 1913.

Patented Mar. 24, 1914.

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LOLUMBM PLANOGRAPH c0.. WASHINGTON, D. c.

M. BRAUNBERGER. APPARATUS FOR GA$EOUS INJECTIONS. APPLICATION FILED APR.24, 1913.

1,090,833. Patented Mar. 24, 19M

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M. BRAUNBERGER.

APPARATUS FOR GASEOUS INJEGTIONS.

APPLIGATION FILED APR.24. 1913.

1,090,833. Patented Mar. 24, 1914.

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COLUMBIA. PLANOGRAPH CO-,WASHINGTON, D. c

MARCEL BRAUNBERGER, OF PARIS, FRANCE.

APPARATUS FOR GASEOUS INJECTIONS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 24, 1914.

7 Application filed April 24, 1913. Serial No. 763,208.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MARCEL BRAUNBERGER, doctor of medicine, citizen of the Republic of France, residing at Paris, France, have invented new. and useful Apparatus for Gaseous Injections, of which thefollowing is a specification.

The present invention relates to a portable apparatus which will enable the use in medical injections of medicinal gas or vapor by the aid of which invalids can make usefof gaseous injections by themselves without the help of a doctor or any other assistance, the vapors necessary for these injections be ing produced without the employment of external heat.

By this invention it will be possible -to substitute gaseous for liquid vaginal injections in treating the diseases of women.

According to this invention, the vapors to be injected are produced by chemical reaction between the substances inserted within the apparatus.

The apparatus designed for the application of this process consists in principle of a casing having an airtight cover, containing a receptacle into which can be inserted for the purpose of the operation, solid and liquid substances, which on being brought into mutual contact, react each on the other in a manner to develop heat and produce the desired vapor.

Various practical forms whereby this invention can be utilized, are, as representative 7 examples, shown on the accompanying drawings.

In these drawings: Figure 1 is a sectional elevation of one form of construction. Fig. 2 is a sectional plan taken along the line AA of Fig. I. Fig. 3 is an elevational view, partly in section of a modified form of the device; Fig. 4 is a similar view of an-' other modified form; Fig. 5 1s a vertical.

sectional view of another modified form; Fig. 6 is a fragmentary sectional view of another modified form and Fig. 7 is an elevational view of a still further modified form.

The apparatus comprises a speculum a composed of wire for which may be substituted a bath speculum. This speculum may be made ofmetal or ebonite or of any other appropriate material, also the shape may be either straight or curved. In order to unite it to the apparatus which produces the gas or vapor, it is terminated by a ring a furnished with a screw-thread fitting into a corresponding screw in the vapor-generating apparatus. The generating chamber is in this example inclosed within a casing b,c, of a bi-conical shape within which i is a gas generating chamber cle. The casing consists of two elements united in a fluid-tight manner by a bayonet joint as shown in Figs. 3 and 4.. The upper portion 0 of the casing is formed with a screwthread 0 into which fits the screw-thread of the ring a of the speculum a. The lower portion 6 of the casing is formed with a lateral branch f. Into this branch is inserted a capsule 9 containing liquid. At the internal extremity of the branch f there is a diaphragm 7t perforated or split in such a manner as to provide teeth or spikes be tween or against which the extremity g of the capsule 9 can be fractured.

As shown, in Fig. 1, the lower portion cl of the generating chamber is secured to the lower portion of the outside casing b, the upper portion 6 of the generating chamber being attached by a close fit to the lower portion d. It may be detached from the upper portion 0 of the outer casing or united thereto by a web 6 At the upper end of e is provided a tubular opening which enters the lower portion of the interior of the speculum and thus serves to conduct the vapors produced in the generating chamber into the lnterior of the speculum. In such a capsule g of solution of formol is inserted and in order to avoid any escape of vapor the branch f is closed by a cap of indiarubber j which makes the glass tube adhere perfectly to the metallic tube. 3. This done, the upper portion 6 of the generating chamber is fitted on and the upper portion 0 of the outside casing to the lower portion 7) by the bayonet joint :el. Then the speculum a is fixed to the apparatus.

In using this apparatus the speculum is an apparatus for example, the reaction of inserted into the vagina in a vertical position, and by a pushing and turning action, the point of the capsule is broken by the teeth 71, causing the liquid which escapes from the capsule to inter-mix with the powdered permanganate. The heat produced by the reaction of the formol on the permanganate is conserved by the insulation of the generating chamber and in consequence there results an abundant generation of formol vapor which exercises its anti-microbic action.

In the variation shown in Fig. 8, the branch f, instead of receiving a glass capsule, serves for the attachment of an indiarubber ball is, containing liquid. By pressing on the india-rubber ball the formol solution is forced into the interior of the generator d.

According to Fig. 4 the branch f carries a funnel m and is furnished with a tap a, by which the solution of formol is admitted to the generating chamber.

Fig. 5 represents in sectional elevation a very convenient and preferable form of construction. In this the receptacle w of the permanganate of potash is separable from (Z in order to facilitate cleansing. It for example is supported by a tube of cork or any other insulating material it. By this arrangement the generating chamber is more completely insulated from the outside casing b0 which does not become perceptibly V heated when the products which are to act on one another are brought into contact. The casing 0 is so formed as to receive an inclined tube 3 at the inner end of which is a spring-closed valve if which can be opened by pressure on the extremity 3 The liquid is inserted to the tube y from the capsule g by a mouth-piece m.

In Fig. 6 an alternative construction shown in the vapor generating chamber is constituted by a small bag 0 of india-rubber: this bag is, at its open end, secured to the speculum a. Within the india-rubber bag is placed'a muslin bag 7 in which a glass capsule 9, containing the solution of formol is surrounded by powdered permanganate. By pressing the fingers on the sides of the indiarubber bag 0, the capsule Q can be broken and the vapor generating reaction immediately started.

The apparatus of this invention may be employed not only for vaginal injections, but also toproduce Vapors which may be blown into any other cavity.

As shown in Fig. 7 to the branch 7, the pipe 8 of an india-rubber blower 25 may be attached and to the delivery pipe of the generator cZe is secured a delivery pipe u to which is connected a flexible pipe 1;. When the reaction has taken place, the india-rubber blower is operated and the vapors con tained in the generating chamber are delivable, it is ered through the tube '0 which allows of their being directed either into the bladder, or into the Womb or any other part which requires medical treatment.

, It will be understood that the apparatus and speculum can be tilted so as to allow of the vapor injections being directed horizontally.

The apparatus above described enables a woman to herself use gaseous injections without any assistance. I

By substituting gaseous for liquid injec tions the use of utensils for boiling and sterilizing the liquid, receivers for the waste discharge and other accessories are dispensed with. Also it enables the injections to be made in a vertical position. Being "of small dimensions and in consequence easily portparticularly available for travelers. I claim:

1. A gas generator, embodying an exterior casing consisting of telescopic sections, means substantially midway between the ends of said casing for locking said sections together, an interior generating chamber consisting of a chamber section carried interiorly by each of the said telescopic sections and said chamber sections being adapted to telescope one with the other.

2. A gas generator, embodying an exterior casing consisting of telescopic sections, means substantially midway betweenthe ends of said casing for locking said sections together, an interior generating chamber comprising casing sections carried, respectively, by said telescopic sections and themselves adapted to telescope, said interior casing sections being spaced away from the telescopic sect1ons forming the exterior casing,

and means carried by and bridging the space of said chamber and through which projec- 7 tion a substance may be introduced into said chamber to cause evolution of gas by said gas evolving medium.

4:. A gas generator, embodying therein an exterior sectional casing, a generating chamber within said casing and comprising casing sections and insulating material between said sections, the sections of said generating chamber being carried, respectively, by the sections of the exterior casing, and means carried by the exterior casing and one of said casing sections for introducing substances into said generating chamber.

5. A gas generator, embodying therein an exterior sectional casing, an insulated generating chamber within said casing and adapted to contain a gas evolving medium, said generatin chamber comprising casing sections carrie respectively, by the sections of the exterior casing, a hollow lateral projection carried by said casing and leading to said generating chamber, a valve controlling the passage of substances out of said projection, and means carried by said projection \topies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G." 

